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Microsoft estimated Valve’s revenue in 2021 at $6.5bn Interesting to see another view on the scale of Valve’s business

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.fmhy.net/post/898584

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Microsoft estimated Valve’s revenue in 2021 at $6.5bn Interesting to see another view on the scale of Valve’s business

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I assume that's gaming revenue not total?
- Apple’s total revenue was almost $400B in 2022. I think App Store revenue was $36B. So this must be just games.
  
  Wow mobile gaming is making bank.
- Has to be. There's no way the owners of the biggest storefront for pc gaming makes as much as EA.
  
  Has to be. There’s no way the owners of the biggest storefront for pc gaming makes as much as EA.
  What non-gaming revenue do both EA and Valve have? Do you think that EA makes surprisingly much or Valve surprisingly little?
  
  Why? 30% a sale, sounds about right
  
  But how could Valve have made $6.5b off of their own games? They haven't released anything in yonks have they?! Plus EA have the gacha-fication of FIFA/every other sports game franchise they own with Ultimate Team, etc.
  
  But Google that high? I wouldn't have expected as high considering Apple (another one who takes a cut of mobile gaming) isn't.

I have to imagine Valve has a war chest they can use, if they wanted, to do some acquisitions.

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